# Did John Travolta just say "pussy wagon" in Grease? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304 "2006-05-18T19:29:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/1 "2006-05-18T19:29:34Z")
I’m studying for an exam right now, but my girlfriend’s watching _Grease_ in French. I’ve never seen the movie, nor do I intend to. In any case, all the songs are in English and I think I just heard John Travolta sing “She’s going to be a real pussy wagon.” Is that right? I always thought that Grease was supposed to be a corny film for the whole family. Was “pussy” not seen in the same way during that era? Just curious… ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/2 "2006-05-18T19:34:07Z")
You heard right. I don’t know where that term fell on the vulgar - o - meter back in the day, but maybe the inclusion of that line contributed to the film’s pg rating. Oh, he also sings “you are supreme, the chicks will cream for greased lightning” and my favorite, “you know it aint shit , we’ll be getting lots of tit with greased lightning”. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/3 "2006-05-18T19:36:16Z")
It was never meant to be a corny film for the whole family. It was an edgy stage musical for adults. Also incuded: “You know that ain’t shit We’ll be getting lots of tit In Greased Lightning!” ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/4 "2006-05-18T19:42:05Z")
In _Kill Bill_, there is a vehicle called “Pussy Wagon”. Any relation? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/5 "2006-05-18T20:00:25Z")
There’s also Rizzo’s line to Zucko, “Going home to flog your log?”. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/6 "2006-05-18T20:02:53Z")
or “Bite the weenie, Riz!” “With relish!” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/7 "2006-05-18T20:05:03Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > It was never meant to be a corny film for the whole family. It was an edgy stage musical for adults. Also incuded: > > “You know that ain’t shit > We’ll be getting lots of tit > In Greased Lightning!” I saw the playbill for the original Broadway run. It depicts, in a photo or drawing I can’t remember, but it’s a whole bunch of people crammed into a convertible. One of the women, prominent in the photo, is clearly giving the finger. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/8 "2006-05-18T20:17:54Z")
_Grease_, in its original stage musical form, was NOT tame family entertainment. It was toned down considerably for the screen, and was still pretty damn edgy for a PG movie. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/9 "2006-05-18T21:26:41Z")
I guess you missed the line “The chicks’ll cream,” in that same song. Definitely not a movie for the whole family, what with the basic moral: (a) you should have sex in high school, 'cause everybody else is doing it; (b) if who you are doesn’t get you the person you love, then change into someone he or she will like better, and you’ll get your sex. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/10 "2006-05-18T21:35:34Z")
Don’t forget the lines before those: _With new boosters, plates and shocks I can get off my rocks You know that I ain’t braggin’, she’s a real pussy wagon_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/11 "2006-05-18T21:41:35Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > I saw the playbill for the original Broadway run. It depicts, in a photo or drawing I can’t remember, but it’s a whole bunch of people crammed into a convertible. One of the women, prominent in the photo, is clearly giving the finger. [Here](http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=333) is the original Broadway logo. I have no idea what you are referring to 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/12 "2006-05-18T21:41:42Z")
> [@FisherQueen](#): > > Definitely not a movie for the whole family, what with the basic moral: (a) you should have sex in high school, 'cause everybody else is doing it; (b) if who you are doesn’t get you the person you love, then change into someone he or she will like better, and you’ll get your sex. I’ve always summed it up as “As soon as you become a slut in tight leather, happiness inevitably and immediately follows”. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/13 "2006-05-18T21:43:18Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Here](http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=333) is the original Broadway logo. I have no idea what you are referring to 😕 Hmm…interesting. I also remember seeing the car-full-of-teens poster or playbill. I wonder now what that was. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/14 "2006-05-18T21:58:49Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Hmm…interesting. I also remember seeing the car-full-of-teens poster or playbill. I wonder now what that was. [This one, maybe? I can’t see enough detail to see if her finger’s up.](http://www.rockymusic.org/archive/barry-bostwick/grease-playbill.gif) ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/15 "2006-05-19T00:55:27Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > I’ve always summed it up as “As soon as you become a slut in tight leather, happiness inevitably and immediately follows”. But that’s a true statement isn’t it? Sure, it may not be your own happiness but you’ll sure be making happiness out there! ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/16 "2006-05-19T01:45:42Z")
My dad worked in advertising in the 1960s. There was some cheesy ad being shot, and it involved a strange carnival float-type vehicle covered in decoration, and big signs saying “FUN WAGON”. Dad had to drive it across the city to the shoot, and he took my mum along for the ride. To this day, my mother can’t explain why she agreed to go. She was eight months pregnant with my sister, and riding along in the open air, in full view of the passers by, in a FUN WAGON. Now returning you to your scheduled thread… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/17 "2006-05-19T02:02:34Z")
There was also the line one of the women throws out to the guys to calm down because it isn’t going to be a gang bang. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/18 "2006-05-19T02:29:52Z")
> [@The Long Road](#): > > There was also the line one of the women throws out to the guys to calm down because it isn’t going to be a gang bang. Yep. When Rizzo sneaks out of Marty’s slumber party to go riding with Kenickie, she kicks the other guys out of the car, saying “What do you guys think this is, a gang bang?” (One of the guys replies, “You wish,” as they leave.) Tha Rizzo, quite the Lady. No wonder everyone wants that part in high school! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/19 "2006-05-19T03:36:40Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > [This one, maybe? I can’t see enough detail to see if her finger’s up.](http://www.rockymusic.org/archive/barry-bostwick/grease-playbill.gif) Yeah, that’s the one. Unfortunately, I can’t see enough detail either. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-john-travolta-just-say-pussy-wagon-in-grease/357304/20 "2006-05-19T06:28:49Z")
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